Police Say 11-Year-Old Used 2 Guns to Kill Former Louisiana Mayor and His Daughter

MINDEN, La.—An 11-year-old boy is suspected of using two guns to fatally shoot a woman and her father, an 82-year-old man who once served as mayor, city council member and deputy sheriff in Louisiana, police said Tuesday. A 911 caller told police on Sunday morning that there were two dead people in a house in the northern city of Minden, said Police Chief Jared McIver, who did not identify the caller. Responding officers found the bodies of Joe Cornelius Sr. and his daughter Keisha Miles, 31, at the residence. The 11-year-old was on the scene at the time, he said. “The juvenile gave us a story at first that just didn’t add up,” McIver said Tuesday at a news conference. He said eventually the child confessed to the killings while being questioned with an adult relative present. But he said police are still uncertain about his motives. Police originally reported the child’s age as 10 but corrected that Tuesday....